Employee Benefits

The workplace has changed for good. In Indiana and nationwide, hybrid and remote work are no longer perks—they’re expectations. As we move into 2025, HR and finance leaders are being called to rethink their employee benefit strategy to support a …

Indiana’s workforce is evolving—and Gen Z is quickly emerging as a driving force in the labor market. For HR and finance leaders, attracting and retaining this new generation means rethinking employee benefits beyond traditional offerings, such as student loan assistance.

The FMLA requires covered employers to provide eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected time off per 12-month period for various reasons related to the health and well-being of the employee or their spouse, child or parent.

Effective for plan years beginning after Dec. 30, 2025, group health plans and health insurance issuers must expand their first-dollar coverage for preventive care for women to include additional breast cancer imaging or testing that may be required to complete …

Effective July 1, 2025, Indiana employers must allow their employees to take unpaid time off to attend certain school conferences concerning their children. The measure expires July 1, 2029.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling soon in a pivotal legal dispute regarding the constitutionality of a key component of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) preventive care mandate. The Court’s decision in this case, Kennedy v. …

On May 15, 2025, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (Departments) released a statement regarding nonenforcement of the 2024 final rule under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).

On April 15, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) that directs his administration to take a wide range of actions to lower prescription drug prices for patients in the United States. Notably, the EO directs the U.S. …

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), through its Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), has released a new model Employer CHIP Notice with information current as of March 17, 2025.

The No Surprises Act (NSA), enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), includes transparency provisions requiring group health plans to report information on prescription drugs and health care spending to the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and …

On April 7, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Final Part D Redesign Program Instructions for calendar year 2026. The instructions contain a detailed description of, and guidance related to, changes to the Medicare Part D …

Recently, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) directing federal agencies to issue new guidance to improve health care price transparency. This EO aims to promote a more competitive, innovative, affordable and higher-quality health care system.